The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-02-11
NEWS IN BRIEF:
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE President is said to object to the
Interstate Commerce bill by reason Of
uncertain phraseology and the probable
effect Of the operation Of the long and
short haul and pooling sections.
Mr.. J. H. CHENEY, receiver Of the Lake
Erie a. Western road, has released it to
Mr.. Geo L. Bradbury, general manager
under the new purchase.
THE President has accepted a section Of
the Oregon a. California railroad. begin
ming AT a point forty-fve miles south Of
Roseburg. Ore, and running south hun
dred miles
LORD RANDOLPH CHURoHILL has gone to
Algiers for his health.
SWIFT Mcneil tNatiOnaD was elected to
Parliament from South Donegal; Ireland
on the 3d.
THE President has not yet taken up the
bill TO pension needy veterans and depend
ent parents. He is receiving a great many
protests against some Of the principles IN
volved in this bill.
mACHAEL DAvITT and his bride were en-
thusias tically welcomed on their arrival
at Dublin on the 81.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has accepted the
resignation Of General P. NJ. b. Young,
of Georgia, Consul-CeueraI at st. Peters
burg, but has not yet selected his sue
cessOr.
OK the 81 the Greek Parliament was
HNHANA Nv NiAE ArtOE&t III person.
THE son Of Senator Fair, who made q
little disturbance in Washington a few
nights ago, was packed of 70 Panama the
next morning by his stern father. Sena-
tor Fair it is said, hai offered his son
round million of his own If he would alb
stain from liquor entirely for one year
Up 20 last week tho youth had an un-
broken record OF seven months. His first
Indulgence was a severe ono.
PHESfDENr CIFvETANn has signed IN q
St. Louis bridge bill
CHANDLER y. WELLS, ex-mayor Of Buff
falo, N. ", died on the 4th
THE Interstate Commere bill was APP
proved by the President on the 4th.
J. ii. WRIGHT, of Missouri has been
nominated 10 be Chief-Justice OF the
Supreme Court of Arizona Territory
A SENSATIONAL report comes from Wash
ington to the effect that a scheme is on
foot among the ultra-silver men to i'm
peach Secretary Manning.
REV. B. B. WARFI ED, d. D., professor
ofNew Testament eXegesis in the Western
Theological Seminary az Pittsburgh, Pa,
announces his acceptance Of the call 10
Princeton Theulog cal Seminary, where
he viii occupy the chair of systematic and
polemic theology.
UNITED STATES TREASURER JORDAN ad-
mits that he is to be vice-president, and
Secretary Manning president of the West
ern National Bank OF New York
THE Pope acknowledges the great
services of the clerical party in Germany,
and urges them TO continue TO work for
the removal Of eNccptiona! ecclesiastical
laws.
THE German ambassador TO France has
received from the French Minister of For
eign An airs renewed assurances Of the
pacific intentions OF France toward Ger
many
G. NJ. CLAY, Of Kentucky, in a letter to
the President says il is better TO have
pleuro- o-pneumonia. smallpox and cholera
spread over the United States than TO
suffer the ravages which will result from
the Importation OF Australian rabbits.
OK the 5th Rev tn jmas Goodm an, who
preached the funeral sermon over the re
mains Of Abraham Lincolu's father, died
at Terre Haute, Ind.
QUEEN VICTORIA viii 20 20 Aix-Le-Bains
in April wherc she intends to erect a
suburban villa on land she has recently
purchased there.
AFTER looking the fed over, Attorney
General Garland declares that the only
men he can find who are fu ly qualified to
serve on the Interstate Commerce Com
mission are Senator Cockrell, of Missouri,
and President Cleveland.
OK the 5th the President received a
delegation from the Indian Territory who
Sevcralty bill.
NINE. FURsCH-MADI is reported 10 have
sued Manager Locke OF the National
Opera Company for $500, which she
claims is her due as unpaid salary, ac-
cording to contract.
Mrs. CLEVELAND, having succeeded IN
heading of the uninvited guests. has re-
sumed her Tuesday and Thursday recep-
tions. Cheek viii not pass the portals
hereafter.
On the 9Th Henry NJ Stanley embarked
at Suez in the steamer Navarino for the
Zanzibar district.
COLONEL +. h. THOMPSON, of Ohio, has
been appointed horse commissioner in
RUSSIA, Germany and France for the
States of Ohio ami Illinois.
RELATIONS are strained between Senator
Warner Miller aud Senator elcct HiscoclS,
of New York, and tha former refused 10
sit at a banquet with the latter, saying he
had too much selfrespect
MARTIN w. MCLEAN, treasurer of the
Telegraphers' Mutual Aid and Literary
Association of Boston. has been missing
since January -, and the officers Of the
association have reason Co believe that he
has got away with nearly $500 belonging
to them.